Top 10 Healthiest States

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Are you surrounded by people trying to live a healthy life? There are four main categories that are used to determine the healthiest states: the behavior and everyday activities of people living in each state, the community and environment that people are living in in each state, state health policies, and clinical care. This includes data on things like smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, binge drinking, high school graduation rates and children in poverty.

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Below you can see the healthiest states in the U.S. and some of the reasons they made the top of the list. Is your state one of the healthiest? Do you notice a trend?

10. New Jersey – Air quality has improved in the state. In the past 10 years the rate of cardiovascular deaths has decreased by 1/3.

9. North Dakota – More kids graduated from high school in North Dakota this year and there is more public health funding available per person in the state.

8. Colorado – You can find some of the best air quality in Colorado and some of the lowest obesity and diabetes rates. Colorado stole the number eight spot from North Dakota this year.